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Well its taken me a while!!! but here is a picnic table I made for my sister The wood came from a multi storey car park that was being Demolished so, as i'm sure you can imagine was in a bit of a state when it came into my gruby little mits! The timber came in 13' lengths with bolt holes...

Hi All Just an FYI really, whilst trawling ebay for Table saws and various other machine lovelies, I stumbled upon what apears to be a new UK supplier of the rather sexy DEFT Table saw and other DEFT machines. Might be worth a looky to anyone thinking of investing... 130460506651. they've also...

Hi all, A friend of mine popped round the other day while i was out in the shed making a mess. at the time I was trying to make myself a lignum/bubinga mallet for carving, which to my amazement didn't turn out to bad, if a little smaller then i'd hoped. anyway we got talking, and he asked if...

After obtaining a second hand Axminster M950 Lathe and various bits and bobs to go with it a few months ago, I wasn't entirely sure if i'd enjoy turning as much as my brother does. Its just the thought of a heavy piece of wood rotating at several thousand RPM fairly close to the family jules...

After much deliberation I decided to buy myself an early Chrimbo prezzy, so off I went with credit card in hand looking for my first Bandsaw!!! Unfortunately with Christmas fast approaching, my funds were running a little low, so I set myself a limit of £300 - £400 What I ended up going for was...

Hi all Had a spot of carving to do today for a friend of mine whos making a notice board for a fishing lake he's a bailiff of. I think i may end up making the notice board as well, if so i'll stick some more picks up for you all to laugh at... i mean comment on :wink: No fancy tools used...

Hi all A good friend of mine has bought a job lot of American White Oak a little while ago, with the intent of using it in various projects he had on the go. But is now considering selling it. Its all FAS (firsts and seconds) so very few knots/cracks ect, he's got a pallet of 1", 7-8ft long...

Hi guys and girls, just thought i'd let you all no about the rutlands sale http://www.rutlands.co.uk/ Regards Andy

Hi guys and gals. i've come to the point now where I really do need to get rid of my titan table saw, and get something a little more accurate... well alot more accurate if possible, but you get the idea :wink: Now, the problem is it has to be fairly small, and as quite as possible ie...

Hi all Just been browsing good'ol ebay, and came across a nice little tool collection sale, Thought it might be of some interest. Item number: 170333024496 Regards Andy P.S Another find for those wanting to build there own router table maybe?? Item number: 250411682260

Hi all Thought i'd take a little time and post some pics of my very first ever projects... So here goes (try not to laugh :lol: ) Heres a little hand carved Cherry number sign... And then I was asked to build my sis a bird table, so with a little hesitation, I thought... Why the hell...

http://www.egpropertylink.com/EGPLPROPERTY10659667.htm Hi all Just thought i'd share this little find i've been drooling over for the last few weeks :lol: Working wood yard with its own 73.5acre woodland. Current owner wants to retire. i've been desperately asking my companies landlord to...

Why hello there my fine friends A friend of mine has aquired a fair few pieces of some wood he has been told is Teak, but I'm not entirely sure. So I'm hoping you wonderful learned peeps may be able to settle this little argument Heres a few pics of the wood in question...

Hello you lovely people :D I am in need of a little help, I'v managed to get my grubby little mits on a few pieces of reclaimed oak from an old barn that was being demolished. All pieces a roughly 8-10ft long and about 4inch x 6-8inch. The problem I have is that in most of the pieces there...

Firstly allow me to introduce myself. I'm Andy, and thanks to yourselfs I have just finished my first little workshop (9.6x30ft) along with a nice block paved path that I must admit i'm pretty proud of :wink: And have since purchased my first couple of tools. A cheapo Ryobi thicknesser for...